Models in science and in education: A critical review of research on students' ideas about the earth and its place in the universe

Science and Education

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 573-590

  Albanese, A ^a   Danhoni Neves, M C ^b   Vicentini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 0000482565     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008697908361     Document Type: Review

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